James 4:11

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Cross References (19)

  • 1 Peter 2:1 (17)

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

  • James 5:9 (14)

    Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

  • Romans 2:1 (14)

    You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are c

  • Luke 6:37 (12)

    Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiv

  • Matthew 7:1–2 (10)

    “Do not judge, or you will be judged.

  • Psalms 140:11 (10)

    May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

  • Ephesians 4:31 (9)

    Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

  • Romans 14:10–12 (9)

    Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment s

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5 (9)

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in d

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20 (6)

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there m

  • Romans 7:12–13 (5)

    So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

  • 2 Timothy 3:3 (5)

    unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

  • 1 Timothy 3:11 (4)

    In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

  • Titus 2:3 (3)

    Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go

  • Romans 14:3–4 (3)

    The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not jud

  • Romans 2:13 (3)

    For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared r

  • Romans 7:7 (3)

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law.

  • James 1:25 (2)

    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but

  • James 1:22–23 (2)

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.